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If you break into occupied homes, you will eventually find an armed homeowner. Fatal shooting during apparent burglary comes after string of break-ins on street

According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, a 911 call was received at 3:48 a.m., Dec. 26 from a home on North Bulldog Drive in Madison from a man who said he had shot two people that had broken into his home.

Madison, Indiana is a town on The Ohio River, which is also the border between Indiana and Kentucky. It is about 50 miles southwest of Cincinnati, about 40 miles north-northeast of Louisville, or about 80 miles south-southeast of Indianapolis. Those distances will be longer if you are driving.

Deputies found two men dead at the home. They have been identified as Dalton Keith Skirvin, 27, and Kaleb Adam Skirvin, 29, both of Madison.

I assume that the two are related, but the report doesn't say anything about that.

And of course Dalton Skirvin was known to law enforcement.

Dalton faced numerous theft and burglary charges back in 2017 and 2018.

Neighbors reported a string of burglaries in the area.

Self-defense is a human-right, and though the investigation is still ongoing, Indiana has a long history of recognizing it as a legal right, especially in your own home. (Hat tip to Blaze Media.)